Oakdene Primary Academy

Oakdene Primary Academy demonstrates exceptional performance across all evaluated aspects, achieving an outstanding grade in overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. As the school's first inspection, it reveals a culture of high ambition and significant achievement both for the students and the teaching staff, all under the governance of The Enquire Learning Trust. The school's leadership is committed to continuous improvement, making it a nurturing environment where students flourish and develop a deep love for learning.

Strengths

• Exceptional curriculum tailored to the needs of pupils and the community.
• High levels of ambition and aspiration among pupils and staff.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics across all year groups.
• Calm and purposeful classroom environments.
• Innovative personal development initiatives that prepare pupils for modern life.
• Well-managed leadership development opportunities within the trust.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Oakdene Primary Academy attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Oakdene Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Oakdene Primary Academy had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Oakdene Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Oakdene Primary Academy received £6,866 and spent £6,390 for each of its 275 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £209,000 (£763 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Billingham · Stockton-on-Tees local authority: places and applications

Oakdene Primary Academy is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• High Clarence Academy Middlesbrough
• Harrow Gate Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Hardwick Green Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Easterside Academy Middlesbrough
• Rose Wood Academy Middlesbrough
• Yarm Primary School Yarm
• Roseberry Academy Middlesbrough
• Stokesley Primary Academy Middlesbrough
• Stakesby Primary Academy Whitby
• East Whitby Primary Academy Whitby

What is Oakdene Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oakdene Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Oakdene Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Oakdene Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Oakdene Primary Academy have?

Oakdene Primary Academy has 299 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oakdene Primary Academy cover?

Oakdene Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Oakdene Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oakdene Primary Academy?

Oakdene Primary Academy is at Low Grange Avenue, Billingham, Cleveland, TS23 3NR.